Wall hook and supporting card therefor



Feb. 23, 1937. F. E. B. TATE ET Al.

WALL HOOK AND SUPPORTING CARD THEREFOR Filed Sept. 16, 1935 Patented Feb. 23, 1937 PATE r QFFICE WALL noon AND surroa'rmo cann- THEREFOR Frank E. B. Tate and Christopher Tate, Maiden, Mesa, assignors to E. H. Tate Company, Boston, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application September 16, 1935, Serial No. 40,783

6 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved supporting and display card in combination with a wall hook for use with which it is particularly adapted.

It is an object of the inventionto provide a card to which wall hooks of the kind hereinafter described may be quickly and easily releasable but being emciently held in position on the card until removed. r

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be'had to the following description of an embodiment thereof and to the illustration thereof on the drawing of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a card and hook embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary planview of a card showing an arrangement of cuts therein.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of a card showing a modified arrangement of cuts.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a card showing another modified arrangement of cuts.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a card showing the hook-supporting elements bent up therefrom after the card has been cut as shown in Figure 3.

Figures 7 and 8 are similar fragmentary perspective views of cards which have been cut as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. The card In illustrated in Figure 1 is particularly adapted for use with a wall hook i2 of the kind illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. In order to support wall hooks of this kind for display, the card is cut in such a manner as to permit one or more tabs M to be bent up from the plane thereof. Figure 1 illustrates tabs of the kind particularly shown in Figures 3 and 6. Referring to Figure 3, the card In may be cut as indicated, the cuts including a three-sided cut I 6 forming three sides of a rectangle, the line of bend being on the fourth side of this rectangle. In addition to the threesided cut IS, a pair of parallel cuts l1 and II! are made, these cuts intersecting the line of bend and defining a, strip the ends of which are integral with the body of the card It and the tab itrespectively. As indicated in Figure 6, when the tab I4 is bent away from the plane of the card l0 one. line of bend 2|, the strip 20 formed by the cuts l1 and i8 may then be bent forward so as to be out of the planes of the card It! and tab I 4. The

strip I'll, when thus bent to be clear of the card and tab, forms therewith a closed loop 22 adapted to receive the pin of a wall book; The portion 25 of the ship 20, which is bent up from the tab N, leaves an aperture through (on. ace-i9) the tab it for a purpose hereinafter explained.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a wall hook l2 which is of a type adapted to cooperate with the struckup portions of the card to be held in proper position against the face of the card. The wall hook illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 may comprise a strip of metal having a straight rear portion, the upper portion of the hook being bent outward as at 30 and then diagonally downward and rearward as at hi, this latter portion of the loop being bent inward as at 32 so as to be reentrant. The looped portion of the metal strip is provided with a pair of suitably located holes 35 and 36 to receive a pin 3i. The holes 35 and 36 are so related to the diagonal wall 3i as to hold the pin 3'1 in proximity to the wall. The inwardly bent portion 32 bears rrictionally against the pin iii to prevent accidental loss or removal thereof from the metal strip. When a pin of this kind is mounted on a card such as is illustrated in Figure 1, the tab l4 projects through the loop in the wall hook so as to permit the metal strip to rest edgewise'against the face of the card. As shown, the tab it is preferably disposed between the pin 31 and the diagonal wall 3!. Since at the point 32 these two members are in firm frictional engagement, the wall hook is arranged on the card so that this point of contact registers with the aperture through the tab it. As previously described, this aperture may be provided by bending up the portion 25 of the strip 20 from theplane of the tab. In such case, the pin 31 may be conveniently thrust through the loop 22 formed by the strip 20, the tab it and the adjacent portion of the card I0. The engagement of the pin 31 against the reentrant portion 32 of the wall hook through the aperture in the tab it prevents theremoval of the wall hook from the card unless the tab is torn or the pin 3! is withdrawn from the strip metal member.

Other ways of providing a. tab with a suitable aperture are illustrated in Figures 4, 5, '7, and a. As shown in Figure 4, a three-sided cut 40 may be made in the card within the portion of the card which is included in the tab II. The cut 40 is so arranged with reference to the cut 16 that, when the tab it is bent up from the plane of the card, a smaller tab 42 may be bent up from the plane of the tab it, leaving an aperture through which the pin 31 may engage the reentrant portion 32 of the strip member. aperture 45 may be punched in the tab 14, a por- 1 tion of the card stock being thus completely removed.

As illustrated in Figure 5, an

It is evident that various modifications and changes may be made in the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined by the following claims.

We claim:

1. In combination, a wall hook having a loop portion and a pin extending through said loop at two points and touching the 1.00pm a third point, and a supporting card having a tab bent up therefrom to project into said loop, said tab having an aperture registering with said third point of contact.

2. In combination with a wall hook consisting of a strip of metal having its upper portion bent into a closed loop, a portion of. the loop being reentrant, and a pin projecting through said strip at two points and passing acrosssaid loop so as to bear frictionally against the innermost point of said reentrant portion; a supporting card having a tab bent up therefrom to engage the inner 'face of said reentrant portion of the loop, said card having an aperture therein registering with said innermost point engaged by the pin.

3. A supporting and display card having a tab ,spaced inwardly from the contour edge thereof and bent up out of the plane thereof, said card having a pair of cuts extending across the line of bend forming a strip the ends of which are integral with the card and tab respectively, said strip being bent out of the planes of the card and tab to form a closed loop therewith.

4. A supporting and display card having a tab norms? bent up from the plane thereof, and an element projecting from an intermediate point/of said tab spaced from the sides and end thereof and joining said card at a point spaced from the line of bend to form a closed loop.

5. In combination with a wall hook consisting of a strip of metal having its upper end portion bent to form a closed loop and its lower portion bent into hook form and a pin projecting through said strip at two points and extending across said loop approximately parallel to a portion of the strip forming the loop, and a display card having an upstanding tab bent up from the plane thereof within said loop andibetween said pin and said parallel portion of the strip, said tab engaging said pin on one side and said parallel portion on the other side.

6. In combination with a wall hook consisting of a strip of stifi material having a straight back with a hook-shaped portion at the lower end' thereof, said, strip being bent forward at the upper end of the back, then sloping rearward and downward to meet the back and form a closed loop, a pin extending across said loop parallel and adjacent to the sloping portion of said strip and projecting through the strip at two points at opposite sides of the loop, and a card having an upstanding tab bent up from the plane thereof between and engaging said pin and said sloping portion of the strip.

FRANK E. B, TATE.

CHRISTOPHER "FATE. 

